A few years ago I got 'tennis elbow' (a form of arthritis) after some 
energetic gardening.  I had had it before and so recognised it.  On the 
previous occasion it had lasted for months and I had to wear a clasp 
around the arm supposedly to ease the tendon but it didn't have much 
effect.  Eventually the doctor gave me a painful cortisone injection 
which did the trick.

The second time, as soon as I could, I went to a beehive, obtained a 
worker and applied the sharp end to the painful point of the elbow. I 
kept it there for a full 2 minutes so as to obtain the maximum dose of 
venom. It was painful and the joint reddened and swelled a little for a 
couple of days, but when it had gone, so was the tennnis elbow, and it 
didn't come back.

Chris

  

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